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D. W. COPELAND. GASH CARRIER APPA ATUS.

No. 406,627. Patented July 9, 1889.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID W. COPELAND, OF SYRACUSE,.NEW YORK.

CASH-CARRIER APPARATQS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,627, dated July 9, 1889.

, Application filed March 18, 1889. Serial No. 303,767 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID W. COPELAND, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gash-Carrier Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description 0 the same.

It is the-object of my invention toprovide a simple and effective apparatus for the transmission of cash and small parcels between the salesmans counter and cashiers desk, and vice versa.

The invention is designed to be operated by hand and to be capable for operation in either direction by the salesman at one end or by the cashier at the other end.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in side elevation a counter with my apparatus in place between the salesmans counter and the cashiers desk. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent details of construction, the support for the rope or cord being shown in Fig. 2 and the construction of the cup in Figs. 3 and 4:.

In the drawings, A represents the counter, and the cash-carrier apparatus is shown as placed relatively to said counter between the salesmans position and the position of the cashier. The traveling band or cord at is endless, passing over operating pulleys or drums b in the line of movement of the carrier, and over other drums or pulleys Z) near the ceiling or beneath the counter or floor, the friction being sufficient to enable one of the operating-drums to move the band in one direction or the other, according to the movement The band maybe composed of cord or Wire; but I prefer to use a core of wire covered by an outer inclosing-jacket of cord.

I prefer to support the band when necessary at suitable points by means of an arm (1, depending from the ceiling, or a suitable bracket, being provided on its lower end with a yoke e, on the lower end of which brackets f, carrying horizontally-arranged pulleys, are

supported, these brackets being springseated, so as to allow of lateral movement. These pulleys are arranged in line with each other and support the cord upon each side, as shown in Fig. 2.

The carrier is shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, and

consists of a simple cup connected to its cap by a bayonet-joint connection, and the carrier is connected to the way by means of its jaws g g, one of which is under spring-tension, as at 72, so that it may grip the band closely and be carried upon the movement of the band by reason of its frictional contact therewith. The jaws are preferably elongated, as shown in Fig. 6, and are cone-shaped at either end, and these cone-shaped ends are adapted to act as buffers to stop the momentum of the carrier at either end of the way by coming in contact with a wedging action, with corresponding sockets of the casings i, which inclose the spools or drums, as shown in Fig. 1. These sockets are lined with rubber or like material to take up the shock of the car.

I11 connection with one of the operatingdrums I provide an operating endless cord, as shown at It, and in connection with the other drum an endless operatingcord k, which passes over a suitable balance-wheel placed in a convenient position, as under the counter, as at Z, Fig. 1.

In order to enable the operator to handle the operating-cord more conveniently, I provide a loosely-mountedhandle n, as shown in Fig. 1, inclosing the operating-cord, this handle being preferably composed of flexible material provided with a ring at either end, so that when not in use it will offer no obstruction to the passage of the cord through it, but which, under the grasp of the operator, will close upon the cord and permit of its operation without injury to the hand of the operator. The clamp being detachable, the receptacle may be placed at any desired point on the band; but I do not limit myself to a detachable clamp, as the receptacle may be rigidly connected or fixed upon the cord or wire. metal struck up to proper shape. WVith the clamp shown the whole-11 e., the cup and clamp together-may be removed from the wire. The upper or return cord 0 may be entirely concealed from view, and the drums also, if desired, so that nothing will be exposed except the carrying-wire.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with an endless band and a receptacle carried thereby, a pair of hori- The clamp may be made of thin sheet Which the band passes, and a carrier connected to the band and having cone-shaped projections in line with the socket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

D. V. COPELAND.

\Vitnesses:

F. L. MIDDLETON, G. V. BALLOCH. 

